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Tokyo 2021: a fourth gold medal for France thanks to table tennis player Fabien Lamirault

Table tennis player Fabien Lamirault offered his fourth gold medal to the French team on Monday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games by winning the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament. Swimmer Alex Portal won the silver in the 200-meter medley (SM13).

Frenchman Fabien Lamirault did not tremble and retained his title on Monday August 30 at the Tokyo Paralympic Games . The table tennis player won the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament by beating Poland’s Rafal Czuper (3-2) in a remake of the Rio-2016 final.

For his third Games, at 41, Fabien Lamirault won his fifth Paralympic medal, the third individual. Paraplegic since a car accident in 1997, he discovered table tennis in a rehabilitation center. Fabien Lamirault is also in search of team gold, of which he is also the title holder.

The French delegation matches the number of medals in Rio

In swimming, three days after taking bronze in the 400m freestyle (S13) , Alex Portal won silver in the 200m medley (SM13) with a new French record.

The swimmer Laurent Chardard, survivor of a shark attack , however failed at the foot of the podium. He finished fourth in his very first Paralympic final in the 50m butterfly (S6). His teammate Ugo Didier also finished fourth in the 100m backstroke final (S9).

These new medals bring the French total to 28 including four in gold, the same total as in Rio and just six units from the goal of 35 podiums set before the Games.

Frenchman Fabien Lamirault did not tremble and retained his title on Monday August 30 at the Tokyo Paralympic Games.

The table tennis player won the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament by beating Poland’s Rafal Czuper (3-2) in a remake of the Rio-2016 final.

His second individual title brings the total of French medals to 27 including four in gold, one less than in Rio and just seven units from the goal of 35 podiums set before the Games.

Table tennis player Fabien Lamirault offered his fourth gold medal to the French team on Monday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament.

The French Fabien Lamirault did not tremble and retained his title on Monday August 30 at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo. The table tennis player won the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament by beating Poland’s Rafal Czuper (3-2) in a remake of the Rio-2016 final.

For his third Games, at 41, Fabien Lamirault won his fifth Paralympic medal, the third individual. Paraplegic since a car accident in 1997, he discovered table tennis in a rehabilitation center. Fabien Lamirault is also in search of team gold, of which he is also the title holder.

His second individual title brings the total of French medals to 27 including four in gold, one less than in Rio and just seven units from the goal of 35 podiums set before the Games.

Table tennis player Fabien Lamirault offered his fourth gold medal to the French team on Monday at the Tokyo Paralympic Games by winning the final of the Class 2 individual table tennis tournament.

The French delegation won his fourth gold at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, the 27th in total, Thanks to Fabien Lamirault in table tennis.

Table Tennis

seventh medal for French table tennis, the first in gold! Fabien Lamirault, Already Sacred Paralympic Champion Simple and Double in Rio Five years ago, was again titled in single this Monday, beating the same opponent as in Brazil, Polish Rafal Czuper. At the end of an exciting final, in this category 2 reserved for wheelchair players whose movement is strongly limited from the middle of the trunk and the legs, and at a moderate level of the hands, the 41-year-old pong player, with disabilities since an accident From the road suffered in 1998, established itself in five sets and 42 minutes: 11-6, 12-14, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9. It is a fourth gold medal for France in these Paralympic Games, the 27th in total, one less than at Rio while still a week of competition. The objective of 35 medals of the French delegation, now thirteenth in the ranking, is more than ever feasible!

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